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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29
nent position, since the wal, than any Other
General. General Grant excepted.

nent position, since the war, than any other
General. General Grant excepted.
Fitz John Porter was born at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, August 80, 1922,
and was graduated from West Point in
1S45. He served with distinction through
the war with Mexico, being severely
wounded at the assault on the capital, Sep
TENDER ID, 1S47. In the Virginia Peninsu-
lar campaign he was director of the siege
of Yorktown, and upon the evacuation of
that place was placed in command of the
Fifth Corps, and fought the battles of Han
over Court House, Mechanicsville, and
Cold Harbor. He was in command at NAL
vern Hill. and his corps mainly resisted
the assaults of that day. In the second
battle Of Bull Run his corps suffered Sc
verely on August 80, but was not in service
on the 29th. He still continued in COM
mand of his corps, and was present at
Antietam, but in November was a%rraigned
before a court martial OF the charge of
disobedience of orders, and on January p,
1863, he was deprived of his position in
the army md forever prohibited holding
any Office under tho Government. Since
that time General Porter's friends have
been untiring in their efforts to have him
restored to rank and honor, and their eff
forts were at last crowned by success.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29
The Plot to Steal the Remains.
stStOkcs on MemOry.o

These words were a few years ago OIL
the door of q room rented by Prof.
Stokes in the Royal Aquarium, Lon
don. Ing. One day a stranger, talking
to the Professors assistant, remarked:
Il suppose Mi. Stokes has a wonder
full memory?"
EYES," replied the assistant, but
added docking out Of the window at
the moment), "Ill be hanged if he
hasn't gone out and forgot his UNI
brella, and lis raining."-Detroi
Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29

never heard such a noise in nv l;fo From,
geese. ! made q dive and got one bv the
neck and made for the fence again. snce
ceeded IN getting out, but I certa;nIv
!nougn. the goose would break every hona
In my body, for such a pounding ns thot
goose gave me with her wings / had not hod
SINCE l used to go past the village school.
mousse, Wnen the whole school would come
out ana pitch on to me-. About the time I
got q OF the yard the dogs at the house
ses up an unearthly yell, together with the
o oS farmer and family, all hallo;ng,
DICK EN-, sick EN-, bite EN-"
w came the dogs, and on l went, at a
h pun " 81 gait. made straight for the
Goat, which was about twenty rods away.
l happened to go straight to the boat lit
was . wonder, too, for it was a yery dark
night, and jumped in; was about scared
70 Heath. My goose was completely scared
20 death, Tor 1t died about that time, any.
now. itook an oar and was trying to push
the boat OFT. when up came two dogs, mad
enough to eat ne up. I batued them of
with my oar until l get the boat started,
then l felt a good deal relieved. The dogs
followed me into the water until it was too
deep for them, then they returned. But
here l was, alonc. Where were the other
boys? The dogs soon told me that they
were farther to the right. They had missed
their bearing, and had gone past.
l whistled, aud got o response some forty
rods below, where / headed the boat, but
before I could get to them the dogs came
up with them and they were having q lively
time, Judging BY the noise, for the boys
were giving them the contents Of two re-
volvers, and kept them back until 1 made
port and took them in, with their cargo of
geese.
We had but just got squared around and
headed for our port when the old farmer
came down with a light to see his wounded
dogs and how many OF his geese had gone,
but he was not very bad off, for he was only
seven short, and the dogs we're not seriously
hurt either. as we found out afterward.
Mack, Banty and John bad two geese
apiece, while I had only one. How they
managed to get two I could never see, for
one was all l could manage, as they were
large and fat.
We soon got our eyes on our beacon light
on the other shore, and pulled for it with
all our might, arriving there about one
o'clock Thanksgiving morning.
We Immediately went to dressing our
own poultry with the aid of q little commits
sary, which som of them fetched along.
We had all done nicely by daylight, and
were back to camp.
About one o'clock the cook announced
that dinner was ready. The Colonel was
invited over to take dinner with us, which
he enjoyed very much, judging from the
name he got outside of roast goose. The
Colonel supposed that we had paid for our
geese. and did not know that We got trusted
for them.
Thus ended as pleasant a time as was
ever passed in the army.
A. j. LANGMADE,
Company X. Ninety-fourth Regiment, N. Y. S.v.
YORKSHIRE CENTRE. N. Y.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29
AND SHELL.
|..orans' "reminiscences Of
..,e War of the Re.
IbeIlion.
-..,, Anecdotes Of Actual Expo.
S:o,cc and Colloquial Ac-
QUESTION.
a Confederate Note.

lines were written on tho bacl
fo!loM.nt e note by Major s. A. Jonas. o.
oNi;ss. and presented to Miss AIMS
zen, nM;indclphin. Major Jonas was q true
ia now o good, loyal citizen OF Mis-
a w M, honorary member OF the ex-C0n
|, an,sMsociat;on of Chicago.l
ha,tipr nothing on Gods Garth now,
!Gnautht in the waters below It:
va n.,n1rc Of a nation thats dead and
;'n !. dear friend, and show it.
.4, +hoso who will lend an ear
Nv !. tale that this trife will toll
,,.orty born Of q patriots dream,
storm Graded nation that foil.
,,o,r to possess precious ores
IN u roo much Of o strangerto borrow.
| Nv ;ssued to-day her promise TO pay.
nd hoped to redeem on the morrow.
,ars rolled on and weeks bsoame
ten.' Golfers we're empty still:
Eu' ,raa 40 scarce that the treasury
/, . dollar should drop In the till.
! tne faith that was in US was strong
"a o,r poverty we'll we discerned;
l,n mis- little check represents the pay
NAT our suffering veterans earned.
,new it had hardly a value in gold,
. &c cold our soldiers received it:
,.red in our eyes with o promise to
pay.
our boys thought little of price or
L. , pbbil bills that wore overdue;
Esnew if it bought our bread to-day
kwas tho best our poor country cold do.
NJ it-ittel our history over
F:o,n the birth of the dream to the last;
lsst. and born of the angel of hope.
Exc our hope of success. it passed..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29

!, it-ittells our history over
the birth of the dream to the last;
last and born of the angel Of hope,
Ike our hope Of success. it passed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29

the battle of Gettysburg, in 1868,
one hundred and sixty officers and
the Ninety-fourth New York, to-
with our Colonel, A. r. Root, were
prisoners. We were offered the pa
| 90 to Richmond. The Colonel said
sBoys, you had better take the
|; 10 which we agreed, and were
N after the battle. The most of us
French furlough and went home for
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29

,,oor to possess precious ores
V zoo much Of q stranger to borrow.
la asned to-day her promise to pay.
II ,.on,d to redeem on the morrow.
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Av. first 4 years. 3,799, 513l s,96i,403t 36?, G21
Av. last years 4,704,041 2,OS4,62' 527, 81:
Increase. ....... i23 eper CT. BIS per ct. i42.3per CT
Increase, population AZ years, about 10 perct
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IN The UNITED STATES.

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Increase, population in S years, about Is per ct.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
Poultry Pickings.

The darkness of comb in fowls is the
result of congestion of some kind.
Keep your fowls ap on stormy days
but give them something to scratch.
If your hens feed on the manure pile
and drink barnyard water, don't expect
eggs with delicious flavor.
Ducks should be allowed as much
liberty as possible, as they are not par
tial to confinement like chickens
Ducks, after commencing to lay...drop
one egg very regularly every twenty.
four hours, almost invariably after
night.
Coarse bones in fowls indicate coarse
meat A coarse meated fowl is poor
thing side of a fine, juicy meated one.
Gather the droppings around under
the roosts every two or three days if
you would have your poultry free from
the scourge of scaly legs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
Early Pasture.

Early pasture, so selviceable on every
farm, is to be secured by sowing grasses
which start early, not by turning the
stock on the grass as soon as it is high
enough to be grazed. The grass must
make a considerable growth before it is
fit for food, and the more favorable the
weather, the greater the growth requir.
ed. Young grass has too large a
proportion of water and when eaten by
stock physics them while affording lit
tie nutriment. 1t is not uncommon tosee
animals turned on pasture early, lose
flesh. The pastures also are injured.
The ground is wet and soft, and all the
grasses, except possibly Bluegrass, are
impaired by the trampling they suffer.
Grazed upon before they have made a
good root-growth and gathered consid.
cradle vigor, grasses are slow to start up
again, and their growth is feeble.
Pasturing early, therefore, is extrava-
giant. If the animals are kept on dry
feed two weeks longer. they will con.
tinue to gain flesh instead of losing it.
A patch of rye should be sown in the
fall for early spring Decentralization
Agriculturist for March.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
Stock and Grass us. Gram.

At present prices, when we sell 5000
worth of wheat We have parted with
$57 worth of plant food; in OF her words
we are selling our farms at the railway
stations in half bushel. If we sell a
horse worth 5000, but 81 worth of
plant food is carried away. When we
realize $500 for butter at 25 cents per
pound, we have par ted with less than
so cents worth of plant food.
The information we have at present
warrants us in saying that eighty per
cent. Of the tertilizing value of the food
fed to mich cows is found in the void
ings, ninety per cent. when fed to young
animals, ninety FIVE per cent. when fed
to tattening stock. So it sometimes
happens that the manure from the ami
mails fed on some of these products is
of more value than Il e first cost of the
food. then why let these valuable foods
60 to foreign countries?
How shall we improve the soil and
our condition? BY raising fewer acres
of grain and more bushels per acre.
{ Forty acres of wheat at Is bushels per
acre means loss in New York; but ten
acres of whet at thirty bushels per acre
means profit. You say, what shall be
done with the other twenty acres? Let
it 90 to grass; pull off your coat. climb
on the fence and watch the clover plant
pump the nitrogen, laboring till it per-
spires at every pore.) By feeding most
of the products of the farm to domestic
animals; by stopping the cracks in the
stable floor and covering the barnyards;
by feeding the animals literally with
rich food and by making them produce
something of value all the year round.
Don't shut up shop six months in the
year. If after all the available means
at hand have been used to improve the
soil, it is found that it is not up to its
most profitable production, then pur-
chase freely Of commercial fertilizers
True agriculture consists in taking from
the soil such concentrated products as
are suited to minister to our varied
wants, replacing them with crude,
cheap and waste products SO skillfully
that no serious diminution will occur
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25

Saving the Manure.

A little work to keep the manure
around barns and sheds collected up
into compact heaps, will be work we'll
spent. Should manure piles heat, simp-
ly turning them over with fork will
prevent the great waste of nitrogen in
the form of ammonia If there is any
old straw in stacks that will merely rot
down. it can be made serve a good pur-
pose by scattering it in sheds and sta.
bles to absorb the liquid manure so uni
versally wasted. Save the manure from
hog pens, as it is more valuable than a
similar quantity of manure either from
the horse or COW stable. Much more
manure can be saved by feeding in
places arranged fer collecting all refuse
feed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
Railing Calves.

The New England Farmer says that
when attempting to raise calves on
skinned milk the most important point
is to see that for the first few weeks the
milk is at the right temperature. 1t
should be very near ninety-eight de-
grees, or blood heat, and it is best to
try it with thermometer as ones finger
test is liable to error, and a variation of
but few degrees may cause trouble
while the calf is young. More hand
raised calves are probably spoiled by
feeding milk that is too cold than by
any other single form of bad manage
ment. 1t should not only be at the
right temperature, but should be fed in
reasonable quantities and at reasonable
times. Three times day is not too
often the first three or four weeks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
Dairy Points.

A correspondent of the London Ag.
riculturol Gazette asks for the infor-
nation on the following points of dairy
practice: J.. A fair average yield of
milk per cow per annum. 2. A fair
proportion Of butter to given quantity
of milk. 3. A fair yield of butter from
given quantity of cream. 4. A fair
yield of cheese ia proportion to milk.
These answers are given: l. $50 gal
Ions. 2. One pound of butter from
twenty pounds of milk. 3. Cream may
yield from one.ffth to even half its
weight of butter, according to thick
ness. T. One pound of cheese from
eleven to nine pounds of milk, accord
ing to season Of the year-most in Au-
tumn.
When one writes about working but
ter down 'hard, fine and waxy,'' the
height of absurdity has been reached,
writes F. M. Moseley to the Country
Gentleman The quality of butter can
in no way be improved by working, its
quality has been determined before it
reaches that step in the process of max
ing. Thorough working of butter has
but one effect, viz: that of breaking its
grain and making it salvy. 1t is safe to
say that no one discovery has been of
greater benefit to butter makers than
that of producing butter in granular
form. II is the only correct way, for
if butter is allowed to gather in the
churn, the buttermilk is locked in, and
in attempting to work it out the butter
is always more or less injured in grain
That any harm can come from rinsing
butter while in the granular form with
pure water or other brine, is more than
| can understand. The best butter
makers have practiced it for years and
with satisfactory results.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-25
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-03

She did)not mcek rio eInnce. Tho
delicate Ij1sNith1 neIr frl0rIs. hid tho
deem blue Wills trombIl1e beneath.
and his heart gave IIttle thSob a. he
saw tears stealing down her checks.
He bent. down and laid his hand
softly on her bent head. while her name
lIngeringly fell from his lips:
"N[adoliner'
The touch, the voice, sent thrill
through her veins. She did not raise
her face, but with heavy sigh she
clasped his other hand, and drew It
down 10 her bosom.
you speak OF coming back" she
murmured with passionate intensity
sharing your life With mine, when
the world shall have learned 10 honour
when you can bring back an I'M
sullied name -the name you still keep
secret from mel Do YOU think those
things could buy you my love--couic
make your soul truer 10 my sensesy
You do not know. With your past a
mystery, comprehending nothing OF
the horrible suspicion that seems 70 be
crushing you like the weight OF an
undeserved curse, feeling nothing but
the power and truth of your manhood
II would be content TO follow you TO
the end of the world to be your COM
fort, your solace through all trials,
even il the worst you fear should over
take youl"
His hand trembIed in her clasp; he
felt the hot tears falling upon Il, and
for some seconds he could not trust
himself TO speak.
This unselfish devotion this com,
passionate love, how keenly 1t touched
him.
Would her heart have gone out az
closely 10 him had he been free from
danger-had no iron hand of injustice
been raised against him.
He smoothed the bright hair away
from her brow, and laid his hand GENT.
over her eyes to stay her tears.
"Don make me feel am leaving
my sorrow with you" he said brokenly
THAT would be my greatest punish
ment, to know / had cast cloud OF
your young life. Put your own hap
piness before mine, Madeline. an
but a stranger whom you have saved
perhaps from death. Unles | can re
turn 20 you in different light, let m
only seem to you like ono you hay
seen in long dream
TO DE CONTINUED.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-03

when the weary heart IL sad
And the days seem long,
When the eyes are full OF tears
And life an empty song,
when the burden Of the heart
Grows heavier each day,
Oh tell me, Is there nothing
To help along the way
All. res, sad heart! there's pleasure,
not only in the air.
But in the sun and rain drops,
And In the flowers fair (;
The kindly words oft spoken
By those we daily meet,
In lingering echoes whisper,
Zach hour has pleasures sweet.
ria true that hearts have burdens,
with many doubts and fears,--
Have dark and lonely vigils.
With many silent tears
That life, at times and pleasure
Seem but an empty song,
Where weary hearts are aching,
And days are sad and long.
All hearts must bear their burdens,
Yet will they lighter grow,
II each will but endeayor
To share the Others woe.
So. weary heart, take comfort
For IL you strive each day
To ease your comrades burden,
Lo! yours will fall away.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-03
Parden wors,ey.

A jamestown. n. Y. telegram dated
Aug. 3, SAYS: Pardon Worsley, "the
Union Spy of the Shenandoah" died
at his home ut Foster Brook yester-
day, aged 81 years. Beginning life
as fancy goods merchant in Massa-
chusetts, at the opening of the war OF
the rebellion nc raised company of
the Nth Massachusetts heavy artil-
lery.
He was soon after employed by
Mai. Gen. Il. 4. Butler, in the name
OF the United states, TO 90 into the
British province 20 look into the sys-
tenn of Notwithstanding then in
vogue. He was successful in this
mission. for Maj. Gen. G. {. Augor,
in his report of Aug, %, 1865, says
that 1T was through the instrument
tality OF Mr.. Worsley that the extern
sive system system of blockade run
ming from Baltimore and Washington
was broken up"
After returning from his trip, Wor-
sley went out as q spy upon Mosby
under orders from Gen. Augor, though
not until he had returned 10 Boston
and married Helen Isabella Francis,
who survives him. Accompanied by
his Young wife. Worsely set out os-
tensibly upon peddling trip through
Virginia. His real object was soon
suspected by Mosby. and q spy was
placed upon his tracks. The spy was
a handsome young lady, who was to
be conducted TO Washington by Wors-
ley. The Union spy WAS too smart 10 be
caught, and instead of using his pas;
through the union lines he conducted
the lady through swamps and by
roads, until she became Disguised
with the trip, and she returned tc
Mosbv convinced of the loyalty OF
Worsley. Mosby was not however
convinced, and at one time placed
pistol at Worslcy's head, threatening
TO blow his brains out. The younf
lady interceded and Worsley's life
was saved, and afterwards Mosby be
came his firm friend.
On two occasions Worsley fur
nisned information by which the fed
eral forces were enabled 10 suirouni
} the house in which Mosby was quar-
tered, but the dashing rebel cut hi
way out and escaped. On severa
. occasions he got information OF in
! tended raids upon Washington y
! time TO allow the authorities TO mas
, their forces and save the capital. a
4 the time OF the assassination of Presi
$ dent Lincoln, Worsley was given CON
! mand Of squad OF detectives, an
4 when Booth was killed he retired {
! private life. For the past ten year
] he has run a park restaurant in tn
bradford oil. fields.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-03
Girls as workers.

A girls mind develops very rapidly,
much more rapidly than an average
boys; and when an intelligent girl
shows any special ability in one di.
rection she improves In that special
direction so quickly that one is de-
ceived into thinking she las genius
for IL; she herself becomes fired with
ambition, works hard and many girls
can work in way that would shame
some boys-builds castles In the air OF
future fame and greatness, gives up
other interests and hopes for the one
aim, which, alasl Is so often disap-
pointed. Nineteen out OF every
twenty might we not say ninty-nine
out OF every hundredi--girls stop
when you think they are going to do
something worth doing, aud never get
any further. They have talent which
education has brought out and de-
ceived them into mistaking for genius.
"There is, however one very great
advantage In the present rage Tor
classes of all kind. and In the facilities
for study in all directions; IL gives
many girls an object In life, even II
they do not do anything very great Tor
the benefit of the nation.--1fHsfey'a
Magazine.